Texas kangaroo rat species is closer to being named an endangered species The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service first identified the unique rodent as needing protection more than 40 years ago.

It's the classic predator-prey matchup. A stealthy rattlesnake, patiently waiting for the right moment to strike a seemingly unsuspecting and vulnerable kangaroo rat. But high-speed video from ...

The Santa Cruz kangaroo rat, more closely related to chipmunks and gophers than kangaroos or rats, had not been spotted in the area since the 1940s.

Though kangaroo rats may be tiny, they are essential in sustaining the desert ecosystem. Government announces over $10 million in funding to aid critical species habitat restoration: 'These ...

Nocturnal rodent, the Stephens' kangaroo rat, was on the endangered species list but this month it was reclassified as threatened.

As developers lobby the Trump administration for endangered species relief, California is moving to backstop wildlife threatened by federal rollbacks, including the San Bernardino kangaroo rat.

The desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), a small, hopping marsupial believed to be extinct since 1994, may still be hiding in the vast and harsh Sturt Stony Desert of Australia. A recent ...

Scientists have been curious about how kangaroos evolved to hop with such efficiency. To investigate that, researchers turned to a sort of evolutionary second-cousin of the kangaroo, the musky rat ...

An intriguing native Australian rat-kangaroo, thought to be probably extinct, may still be running around in the inhospitable remote Sturt Stony Desert -- and researchers have discovered new ...

Although declared extinct in 1994, people claim to have seen desert rat-kangaroos since, and analysis of their museum jawbones could assist the search to find them.

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A new species of kangaroo rat was discovered in Oregon by an East Tennessee State University (ETSU) scientist. This new species, discovered at a fossil site in Or… ...